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Appendix B. Site Reports—Europe 189<br />

Site:<br />

Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)<br />

Laboratory for Micro- <strong>and</strong> <strong>Nanostructure</strong>s (LMN)<br />

CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerl<strong>and</strong><br />

http://www.psi.ch (or http://www1.psi.ch/www_lmn_hn/)<br />

Date Visited: 15 October 1997<br />

WTEC:<br />

Hosts:<br />

E. Hu (report author), H. Goronkin, M.C. Roco, D.T. Shaw<br />

Dr. Jens Gobrecht (principal contact), Head, Micro- <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>Nanostructure</strong>s Laboratory<br />

Fax: (41) 56-310 2646; E-mail: gobrecht@psi.ch<br />

Dr. Werner Wagner, Head, Experimental Facilities<br />

Dr. Helena Van Swygenhoven, Experimental Facilities<br />

Dr. Thomas Jung<br />

BACKGROUND<br />

The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is the largest Swiss-supported<br />

government laboratory. The approximate allocation of funding <strong>and</strong> division<br />

of personnel (1996) is as follows:<br />

• government funding 158 million SF<br />

• external funding ~28 million*<br />

• PSI staff 880<br />

• external staff 210<br />

• doctoral students 230<br />

• external users 650<br />

*21% from industry, 29% from electricity generation industry <strong>and</strong> NAGRA for nuclear energy<br />

research, 8% from EU <strong>and</strong> Swiss National Fund<br />

The allocation of budget (in SFr. millions) by field of research is as<br />

follows (parentheses show % of total allocation, including external funding):<br />

• particle physics 13 (11)<br />

• life sciences 14 (14)<br />

• SS physics <strong>and</strong> materials sciences 39 (37)<br />

• energy 34 (38)<br />

Operated as a multidisciplinary national research lab, PSI provides<br />

research infrastructure <strong>and</strong> the operation of large scale facilities, such as the<br />

Spallation Neutron Source (SINQ), recently completed, <strong>and</strong> a synchrotron

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